guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
honorific/polite/humble prefix
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how; in what way; how about; questionable
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
sorry; excuse me; thank you
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
inside a plane; in-flight
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
wearing (e.g. uniform, seat belt); having on
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to shake; to sway; to waver
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
please (give me); please (do for me)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest